A review by sydneyyylove
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

5.0

“Nobody can stay in the garden of Eden… I wonder why.”

“It would help if I were able to feel guilty. But the end of innocence is also the end of guilt.”

This book is so beautifully written. Knowing that Giovanni is sentenced to death within the first few pages of the book did not lessen my heartbreak for what was to come. This book is intense and captivating.